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Source: Live Mint On a day global stock indices were battered by rising international trade tensions induced by US President Donald Trump, Indian markets followed their slump, with all gauges dipping sharply. Japan’s Nikkei and China’s CSI 300 fell 2.88% and 1.97%, respectively, amid weak openings for Germany’s Dax and French CAC. Almost on cue,…
Source: Live Mint The noise around so-called heavy selling by foreign investors in India masks a key distinction: there are no signs of a large-scale exodus. Yet, they are also willing to exit at lower levels, amplifying the bearish sentiment. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have net sold shares worth $21 billion over four months through…
Source: Live Mint Stock markets celebrated the Donald Trump administration’s pause on tariff hikes on Canada and Mexico, adding nearly ₹6 trillion of wealth as investors bet that a full-fledged trade war is unlikely. In the best day for the stock markets in a month, the Nifty ended up 1.6% at 23,739.25, while the Sensex…
Source: Live Mint Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) gave a thumbs-down to the budget at Saturday’s special session, selling a provisional ₹1327.09 crore worth of shares, even as domestic institutional investors net purchased equities worth ₹824.38 crore. The Nifty ended down 0.11% at 23482.15 while the Sensex ended up a mere 0.01% higher at 77505.96. The…
Source: Live Mint The continuing slide of the Indian markets on Monday saw dollar returns of foreign investors all but wiped out since the general election results day low of 4 June. Benchmarks NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex, buffeted by sustained foreign investor selling amid a US tech rout, fell more than 1% each on…
Source: Live Mint Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have commenced 2025 on a negative note in the Indian stock market, reversing their buying trend from December 2024. In the first fortnight of January, FPIs sold Indian equities worth over ₹48,000 crore, marking a sharp contrast to the ₹15,447 crore of net inflows recorded in December. The…
Source: Live Mint At the 17th Mint BFSI Summit & Awards, Narayan outlined the regulator’s response to the frenzy in futures and options, by implementing targeted measures to curb egregious overtrading, particularly around expiry days. These steps, introduced in October 2024, aimed to address specific risks without burdening the entire F&O market with overly broad…
Source: Live Mint Equities continued to dominate investors’ minds in 2024. This is despite an eventful year with high volatility due to multiple global events, including a new war, weaker-than-expected economic growth, disappointing earnings, and subsequent FPI outflows. Going forward, factors like corporate earnings slowdown, sticky inflation, geopolitical tensions, higher US bond yields, strong dollar…
Source: Live Mint In March the rupee was at 82.77 to the US dollar. Currently, it is around 85.25, which is a drop of about 3%. We will look at the reasons for this depreciation, but the important point is that our external situation – as measured by our current account deficit (CAD) and balance…
Source: Live Mint If market closes around these levels, it would also mark the fifth time in the last 10 years that the Sensex has posted negative returns in December. In contrast, last year, markets saw an impressive return of 7.8% during the holiday month. Despite the downturn, experts said this market dip presents an…
